Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974

During the 1960s, the Portuguese fought three colonial wars in Africa that indirectly impacted Macao. Prima facie evidence from textbooks and documents suggests that the Portuguese used education as a weapon in their fight against liberation movements. There is ample evidence showing clear nationali...

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Published in:Review of Culture
Main Author: Alex Duggan
Format: Articles
Published: Instituto Cultural de Macau 2022
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Online Access:https://www.icm.gov.mo/rc/viewer/pdfViewerParts/40068/4113
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description During the 1960s, the Portuguese fought three colonial wars in Africa that indirectly impacted Macao. Prima facie evidence from textbooks and documents suggests that the Portuguese used education as a weapon in their fight against liberation movements. There is ample evidence showing clear nationalist and militarist themes in numerous textbooks. Nationalist values were also inculcated through the Mocidade Portuguesa (MP) and the Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina (MPF). In addition, a cordial and close co-operation between Macao and Portuguese Africa was seen in the sharing of educational information. Macao was the anomaly in the Portuguese Empire, with only a limited number of official schools being subject to the nationalist curriculum values. During archival research at the Archives of Macao, the author discovered several documents outlining an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to set up a university in Macao in 1949, with the provisional name being ‘The University of South China’. The information is contained in an appendix.
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During the 1960s, the Portuguese fought three colonial wars in Africa that indirectly impacted Macao. Prima facie evidence from textbooks and documents suggests that the Portuguese used education as a weapon in their fight against liberation movements. There is ample evidence showing clear nationalist and militarist themes in numerous textbooks. Nationalist values were also inculcated through the Mocidade Portuguesa (MP) and the Mocidade Portuguesa Feminina (MPF). In addition, a cordial and close co-operation between Macao and Portuguese Africa was seen in the sharing of educational information. Macao was the anomaly in the Portuguese Empire, with only a limited number of official schools being subject to the nationalist curriculum values. During archival research at the Archives of Macao, the author discovered several documents outlining an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to set up a university in Macao in 1949, with the provisional name being ‘The University of South China’. The information is contained in an appendix.
Instituto Cultural de Macau
Macau
Review of Culture
Articles
2022
Counter-insurgency strategy
Education in Macao
Estado Novo.
Patriotic education
Portuguese Africa
Alex Duggan
spellingShingle Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974
Alex Duggan
Counter-insurgency strategy
Education in Macao
Estado Novo.
Patriotic education
Portuguese Africa
title Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974
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title_full Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974
title_fullStr Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974
title_full_unstemmed Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974
title_short Without a Country, There Is No Family: Patriotic Educational Policy in Portuguese Africa and Macao between 1960 and 1974
title_sort without a country, there is no family: patriotic educational policy in portuguese africa and macao between 1960 and 1974
topic Counter-insurgency strategy
Education in Macao
Estado Novo.
Patriotic education
Portuguese Africa
topic_autocomplete Counter-insurgency strategy
Education in Macao
Estado Novo.
Patriotic education
Portuguese Africa
topic_facet Counter-insurgency strategy
Education in Macao
Estado Novo.
Patriotic education
Portuguese Africa
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